Readers Respond: Where's your growth?

Growth is a moving target, especially for an industry that encompasses such a wide breath of products and categories.

However, some categories are expanding faster than others at this particular junction in time. HBSDealer asked its readers: Which category is showing the healthiest growth at your store?



Perhaps most surprising is that smart home, the buzziest, most exciting area of home improvement, got one of the lowest scores (4%).



Core home repair is taking the cake so far at 33%, followed closely by large and small appliances at 29%.



At 24%, outdoor living was nothing to sneeze at, and green/efficient products took 9% of the pie. 



So far, there have been 0 votes for housewares. Sorry housewares.



There's still time to vote. Take the poll here.